3,450 CHF
C. Smith, 118 Bunhill Row, London, hallmarked 1810. Very fine 18K gold quarter-repeating watch with ruby cylinder escapement. Four-body, “consular”, polished, back engraved with coat of arms, gold hinged cuvette, bolt at 1 o’clock to block the repeating. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold “spoon and poker” hands. 45 mm, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, ruby cylinder escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock, escapement jeweled and capped with diamond endstone on the balance, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Signed on the movement.Diam. 52 mm. Notes Charles Smith, Made free in 1779, is listed on Bunhill Row untill 1820.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
